Stefan Lohn is a Counsel with the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice of Clifford Chance in Düsseldorf. His practice focuses on international and domestic commercial arbitration and litigation, particularly complex disputes including, but not limited to post-M&A, joint venture, business interruption, warranty and product liability cases. Sector experience includes automotive, industrial clients, retail, electronics, plant and civil construction as well as real estate (including commercial leases). Arbitral experience includes proceedings before various institutions (including ICC, SIAC, SCC, the German Arbitration Institution (DIS) and ad-hoc arbitration proceedings under UNCITRAL rules), as well as sports arbitration under the International Sporting Code of the FIA.
Current activity
Professional focus
Areas of law
My career
- 1998 - 2003 University of Trier, Law and Anglo-American Legal Studies
- 2003 - 2004 University of East Anglia, Norwich (UK), LL.M. International Commercial and Business Law (distinction)
- 2004 - 2006 Trainee, Higher Regional Court of Koblenz, with stages in Frankfurt and Dallas, TX
- 2006 - 2008 University of Trier, Doctor of Laws (Dissertation on "Cross Border Corporate Control Agreements in the EU")
- 2008 - 2010 White & Case - Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Frankfurt
- Since 2010 Clifford Chance - Litigation, Dispute Resolution & Risk, Düsseldorf
Arbitration experience
My arbitral experience spans fifteen years of practice including but not limited to proceedings before various institutions (including ICC, SIAC, SCC, the German Arbitration Institution (DIS) and ad-hoc arbitration proceedings under UNCITRAL rules), as well as sports arbitration under the International Sporting Code of the FIA.
Publications
- Cross-Border Corporate Group Contracts in Europe: Company and Tax Law Implications of Cross-Border Control Agreements in Europe Using the Example of Germany and England, Doctoral Thesis, University of Trier, 2010
- Michael J.R. Kremer/Stefan Lohn, Chapter "Germany", in C.D. Varner/B.D. Pratt (Ed.), The Product Regulation and Liability Review, 2nd Edition, 2015
- Lohn/Schott, Die Schriftformheilungsklausel in der Rechtsdogmatik des § 550 BGB ("Written form healing clauses in the legal system of Section 550 BGB"), Zeitschrift für Immobilienrecht (ZfIR) 2016, 170-175
- Lohn/Penners, Der Klägergerichtsstand nach Art. 7 Nr. 2 EuGVVO - Entscheidungsbesprechung zu EuGH, 9.7. 2020 - Rs. C-343/19 ("The claimant's venue pursuant to Art. 7 No. 2 Brussels Ia Regulation - Analysis of the ECJ decision of 9 July 2020, C-343/19") , EWS 2021, 35 - 38
Languages
Memberships
- German Institution of Arbitration (DIS)
Further informations
https://www.cliffordchance.com/people_and_places/people/lawyers/de/stefan_lohn.html